DWP launches consultation on extension of CDC

Proposals include extending provision to whole-life unconnected multi-employer schemes

Holly Roach
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DWP launches consultation on extension of CDC

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has today (8 October) launched a consultation on extending collective defined contribution (CDC).

This comes a day after Royal Mail launched the UK's first CDC scheme – which garnered a largely positive response from the wider pensions sector. The DWP's consultation features draft legislatio...

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